Each institution is associated with other institutions by various characteristics: geography, athletic conference, religious affiliation, programming, mission, etc.

A list of groups appears below; select a tab to view each group membership and information.

IPEDS Groups

These three groups, common across institutions, are directly informed by IPEDS data:

• AUTO: Created by IPEDS in 2022-23 based on an internal “automatic” grouping process involving Level, Control, Carnegie classification, and other variables.
• CUSTOM: The group of comparison institutions submitted to IPEDS by Maryville in 2022-23.
• REVERSE: The group of institutions that included Maryville in their 2022-23 IPEDS custom group.

Affiliation Groups

The following additional groups were determined by known affiliations of Maryville:

• ACA: Appalachian College Association (ACA)